Ya know the pan you need when you go camping with a herd, or the one you need when you have your entire family over for a cookout, or even the one you need when you want to cook a good meal without dirtying every dish in the house!

For a teacher gift, I cut the bottom off of a pop-tab can of peaches, emptied it, filled it with candy, and hot glued the bottom back on (very sloppily I might add…it leaned a little). I decorated it with the words “Open for an emergency!” and some ribbon. Who wouldn’t want an emergency???

This week, I wanted to make a roast for Sunday dinner. I usually plop a chunk of beef (whatever is on sale!) in the crockpot, sprinkle with a packet of Au Jus and cover with water. I cook it for 8 hours on low and voila! Fall apart roast! This time, I wanted to travel back in time and see how my favorite 40′s housewives did it. For that I kept my crockpot in the cupboard and pull